Comments on: Progress on Big Sister http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/ The World from a Weaver's point of view! Thu, 17 May 2012 17:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Daryl’s Blog » Blog Archive » A Cast of Characters http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Daryl’s Blog » Blog Archive » A Cast of Characters Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:00:17 +0000 http://weaversew.com/wordblog/?p=585#comment-292 [...] I keep warped with a Theo Moorman 10/2 cotton structure, for my art pieces.  I just finished the Big Sister piece, and I had originally needed the 12 dent reed for that one, but settled on a 6 dent reed, [...] [...] I keep warped with a Theo Moorman 10/2 cotton structure, for my art pieces.  I just finished the Big Sister piece, and I had originally needed the 12 dent reed for that one, but settled on a 6 dent reed, [...]

]]> By: daryl http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-174 daryl Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:50:39 +0000 http://weaversew.com/wordblog/?p=585#comment-174 Oh goody, this will give me something to shop for at all the conferences I will be attending this summer... Oh goody, this will give me something to shop for at all the conferences I will be attending this summer…

]]> By: Sally http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Sally Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:35:26 +0000 http://weaversew.com/wordblog/?p=585#comment-173 RE: Small shuttles: low profile, closed-bottom boat... -Guildmate Betty Mills impressed us with one Halcyon currently sells. -Glimaka vendor (MT-based) www.glimakrausa.com has one for about $35. -Also, the smaller Swedish damask-type shuttles (with the bowed area for the bobbin) work well in small shed looms. When shopping around for small shuttles, note if the shuttle you are considering will take a regular bobbin or if you have to wind a paper-bobbin base. (For speed and ease, I prefer ones that take a regular bobbin.) RE: Small shuttles: low profile, closed-bottom boat…

-Guildmate Betty Mills impressed us with one Halcyon currently sells.
-Glimaka vendor (MT-based) http://www.glimakrausa.com has one for about $35.
-Also, the smaller Swedish damask-type shuttles (with the bowed area for the bobbin) work well in small shed looms.

When shopping around for small shuttles, note if the shuttle you are considering will take a regular bobbin or if you have to wind a paper-bobbin base. (For speed and ease, I prefer ones that take a regular bobbin.)

]]> By: daryl http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-172 daryl Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:07:21 +0000 http://weaversew.com/wordblog/?p=585#comment-172 Jenny, thanks for the tip, can you bring them to the April meeting? I'll miss the March one because I'll be in California! I might even run into Takako while I'm there, I usually see her at all the conferences in the vendor halls. Course I could just drive the 25 minutes into NYC and go to HABU... Jenny, thanks for the tip, can you bring them to the April meeting? I’ll miss the March one because I’ll be in California! I might even run into Takako while I’m there, I usually see her at all the conferences in the vendor halls. Course I could just drive the 25 minutes into NYC and go to HABU…

]]> By: daryl http://weaversew.com/wordblog/2009/02/24/progress-on-big-sister/comment-page-1/#comment-171 daryl Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:05:31 +0000 http://weaversew.com/wordblog/?p=585#comment-171 Nancy, it all depends on the length of the piece I am working on. I've done yardage this way, and I have put the tie-down threads on a second beam. With the smaller artworks, I would be cutting them off the loom before the tension differential became problematic. And it is easy to slip in a weighted bar from the warp beam to create additional tension on the sewing thread if I needed it. I am using Gutterman, but any long staple polyester would work here. I like the Gutterman because I can get it on 1000 m spools, and the spools can slip onto my Lazy Kate or spool rack. Nancy, it all depends on the length of the piece I am working on. I’ve done yardage this way, and I have put the tie-down threads on a second beam. With the smaller artworks, I would be cutting them off the loom before the tension differential became problematic. And it is easy to slip in a weighted bar from the warp beam to create additional tension on the sewing thread if I needed it. I am using Gutterman, but any long staple polyester would work here. I like the Gutterman because I can get it on 1000 m spools, and the spools can slip onto my Lazy Kate or spool rack.

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